What's happening here isn't a leadership crisis—it's a confidence crisis, and it's rooted in how our brains work.

The cousins, who arrived on valid visas and were to speak at Kehilla Community Synagogue, were detained for reasons that are unknown.

"Auntie Mame" and "Marjorie Morningstar," writes a historian of American Jewish literature, were set in a New York City where Jews were prospering, and antisemites were out of fashion.